TAM 251: Introductory Solid Mechanics

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TAM 251 Course Organization:

This is a living document providing the general structure of the course: All assessments subject to change.

Due dates and testing periods for assessments and evaluations can be found on the schedule page

Unit

Topics

Assessments

Evaluations

1: Stress
  • Equilibrium and Stress
  • Normal and Shear Stresses
  • Allowable Stress Design

Homework 1

Quiz 1/1R

2: Strain, Material Properties, and Axial Loading Part 1
  • Strain
  • Stress-Strain Diagram
  • Deformations under Axial Loading

Homework 2

Homework 3

Quiz 2/2R

3: Torsion and Axial Loading Part 2
  • Statically Indeterminate Structures
  • Temperature Effects
  • Misfit Problems
  • Torsion
  • Torque-Displacement Relation
  • Indeterminate Shafts

Homework 4

Homework 5

Quiz 3/3R

In-Class Quiz 1 (Units 1-3)

4: Beams in Bending
  • SF and BM Diagrams
  • Beams in Bending - Normal Stress
  • Composite Beams

Homework 6

Quiz 4/4R

5: Transverse Shear Stress
  • Transverse Shear
  • Shear Flow

Homework 7

Quiz 5/5R

6: Stress Transformation
  • Combined Loading
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Stress Transformation
  • Generalized Hooke's Law
  • Theories of Failure

Homework 8

Homework 9

Quiz 6/6R

In-Class Quiz 2 (Units 1-6)

7: Deflection
  • Deflection in Beams - Integration Methods
  • Deflection in Beams - Superposition Methods

Homework 10

Homework 11

Quiz 7/7R

8: Statically Indeterminate and Buckling
  • Statically Indeterminate - Integration Methods
  • Statically Indeterminate - Superposition Methods
  • Buckling

None

Final Exam (Cumulative)